As the news broke that Suicide Squad had been pushed to 2020, Variety has reported that Cathy Yan will direct the film. She’s set to become the second female director to helm a DC movie following Patty Jenkins, who directed 2017’s hit, Wonder Woman. Christina Hodson, the writer behind the upcoming Transformers spinoff Bumblebee, is responsible for writing the script for the upcoming film.
Production on Birds of Prey is expected to begin by the end of the year after Margot Robbie wraps up filming Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Reports in 2017 suggested Birds of Prey will feature an other key female characters from the DC Comics universe.
There is no release date set for Birds of Prey.